[dangus]

There are tens of millions of Arab Catholics out there, in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and dispersed throughout the West. That man is supposedly part of a delegation from the Chaldean (Iraqi Catholic) church.

[dangus]

Correction: the delegation included Iraqi bankers and other Muslims, in addition to the Chaldeans.

[7MMmag]

That man is supposedly part of a delegation from the Chaldean (Iraqi Catholic) church.

Yes, according to this source; http://www.traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/A055rcKoran.htm
which gave the source from which they obtained it ---> http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=10415

"the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon"

"Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid is the spiritual leader of about 600,000 Catholics of the Chaldean rite, most of them living in Iraq. There are also about 200,000 Latin-rite Catholics in Iraq, along with 200,000 non-Catholic Christians."

What follows is an interview. Here's the portion which has the Patriarch Raphael purportedly saying,

"It is known that Pope John Paul II has often voiced a desire to make a pilgrimage in the footsteps of Abraham, the common father of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. For the Pope, Abraham is a figure who helps the unity of believers to overcome political divisions. On May 14th I was received by the Pope, together with a delegation composed of the Shi'ite imam of Khadum mosque and the Sunni president of the council of administration of the Iraqi Islamic Bank. There was also a representative of the Iraqi ministry of religion. I renewed our invitation to the Pope, because his visit would be for us a grace from heaven. It would confirm the faith of Christians and prove the Pope's love for the whole of humanity in a country which is mainly Muslim.

At the end of the audience the Pope bowed to the Muslim holy book, the Qu'ran, presented to him by the delegation, and he kissed it as a sign of respect. The photo of that gesture has been shown repeatedly on Iraqi television and it demonstrates that the Pope is not only aware of the suffering of the Iraqi people, he has also great respect for Islam.

A papal visit would be welcomed by both the people and by the authorities. After the audience I immediately sent a recommendation to the Iraqi government to make the official step of inviting the Pope to Iraq.

[bolding for emphasis, selection of excerpts, mine]

Now dangus, who was it that broke you off a ration for mentioning the "kiss"? You manned up and posted a thread, a hey-I could have been wrong thread. I was glad to see it, for I had hought, after seeing someone come along and give authoritative sounding correction concerning the alleged Koran kiss, that it "wasn't the Koran" but some other, Christian work, that the whole affair may have been misconstrued.

Since the info above came from CatholicCulture.Org, it could well be accurate?

Are we missing something? Was the .Org in error, and the book in question really some other book?

Could you refer me to the post in which you were told that it was some other? I'd like to ping them to this, if they are not among those whom have posted here on this thread already.